I am being asked to go into a meeting and introduce my pronouns to everyone in an hour and a half!

See, I like this too. So many excellent responses on this thread it almost makes me sad I'm self-employed and will almost certainly never need them.

See this seems to show the mood of the general public, which is mostly accepting of trans people but intolerant of bullshit. So the trans or NB person will be treated with decency but no one else will state pronouns or accept men have periods or women have penises.

How this is not seen as a result I do not know.

It’s like being vegan and expecting everyone around you to never eat meat near you, people think you’re a wanker!

The pony grooming anecdote wins. Think how relaxing that would be, as well as useful!

I’m well jel of all this multitasking whilst WFH. I can’t make pizza dough whilst I’m running a clinic. No fair!

Phew op ! Thanks for the thread. I have a feeling I’m going to be in this position soon and have bookmarked this thread (not in a visible tab ) as there have been some brilliant suggestions.

It's almost a bit disappointing it didn't come to a head, but then I am having a slow afternoon :)

Having read all the suggested responses, it seems like the worst thing we can do in this sort of situation is just go along with it for a peaceful life, but there is also a risk with some of the more sarcastic responses (as satisfying as they would be to say) of putting people's backs up unnecessarily - even those who might be somewhat gender-skeptical.

There must be a way of pointedly shutting this kind of thing down without a 'barb'... maybe something like "I think that stating preferred pronouns is a political act, and it legitimises an ideology I do not agree with." and leaving it at that?

@BettyFilous

I just made pizza dough during a meeting this afternoon. Means I can eat earlier and open the wine faster :-)

Betty
I ran an online session and one lady had both sound and video off.
At the end she turned them on.
She had been grooming a pony the whole time

Well done

However, when the clearly male organiser shared his/their screen to the meeting, I could see that another open tab was for a support group for women only with a specific condition, so the plot thickens.

Ooh the plot does thicken! Please do return with any info on that!

Glad no one else bowed down to the fuckery.

Solidarity in silence!

I also wonder if men feel as put upon as women when this happens? Or do men just feel more able to say fuck that?

I'm v curious as to what the 'self care' instructions for the meeting were?

I do my ironing during webinar-style meetings where you can’t have your camera on or speak. It frees up extra time at weekends for proper self-care.

Fucking perfect.

Excellent result, OP!
Common sense: 1,
Woke bollocks: nil.

Let’s hope the organiser reads the room and drops this crap in future.

Also, the word 'pronoun' has just become so annoying now!

Glad that no one else joined in with the batshittery either, sanity prevails for now!

I have seen that there has been a push recently for everyone, not just trans people, to declare their pronouns. This is not actually for any actual helpful reason (I mean how did we all manage before we had been specifically told what each other's pronouns are?!) but to stop trans people feeling singled out, because it 'outs' them as trans if they are the only one declaring their pronouns. Or something. I have seen a lot of 'oh thank you for telling me this, I shall immediately put my pronouns in my bio' and a couple of quite well known Instagrammers have started doing it as well.

I could see that another open tab was for a support group for women only with a specific condition

probably researching for his wife/sister/friend etc.

Bit odd to leave it open though

"I'd really prefer not to be defined by any of the current gender stereotypes. I'm actually attempting to go pronoun free at the moment, so I've brought along a set of laminated cards depicting the symbol I'd like to be referred to as, and I'm hoping people could just hold that up at the appropriate points in place of a pronoun. Would you like me to distribute them now, or once the meeting starts?"

Just do it? I honestly don't see the problem.

Really! is this a thing. I've read this thread agog and just Googled the topic, my conclusion as some one who works from home is that in my last employment my gender pronoun was probably C**T Twenty years ago upon employing a transgender member of staff we simply asked them how they would like to be referred, didn't feel the need to ask the entire workforce.

Not surprised that no-one joined in his stupid game. He should be embarrassed for being so idiotic. He's probably online now demanding women use non gendered language in the support groups. Tiresome people.

Say they're "me/me/me" with a tinkly laugh.

OP there is evidence that in some team cultures people do actually need to be told it's OK to have a drink etc. This was before Covid WFH!